There are a ton of tools out there – free and paid – to manage your daily social media activity. have picked out the primary tools that I use on a daily bases, for myself and my clients, that I think will be the most useful to share with you, the SMB owner. Social Media Management Tools Social Media Marketing Tips Facebook Google Alerts Google Analytics Hootsuite Social Media Management Social Media Monitoring SocialMention TweetStats TwentyFeet Twitter Wefollow

I’ve been gratified and a little puzzled by some of the people who follow me on Twitter (or any other social network for that matter). mean, sure I hope you follow me, and a lot more people too, but sometimes a girl’s just gotta wonder what makes people choose to follow one person and not the other. Here are some of the insights I gained from these discussions. really want to know!

There is a war on the horizon comprised of battles for your clicks and it will be played out thousands of times a day on blogs across the world. As with all online battles for clicks and notoriety,lately, we have Facebook to blame for starting this. It started with Facebook’s Like button. Facebook has a new Send Button because it believes that sometimes we actually do want some privacy.

It’s Facebook question of the week time (clap, clap, clap)! It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done a real video question and I have a special treat for you. We’re going to have a lesson in how to say my name. That’s right…you’re going to learn how to say my name! Well, I also sing a song. On video. I’m pretty sure it can be missed so you can fast forward to :40. And now on with the show (if you can’t see the video in your feed, click here and it’ll magically appear)! The Ugly : Kenneth Cole , hands down, gets this award from me.
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Your community has grown significantly. People have responded to your story and your conversational style. Your last contest brought hundreds of new members to your Facebook community. Here are a few points to now ponder: 1. How has the audience make up changed? How has the conversation changed? Are the existing advocates being drowned out? Is your story still coming through? Do the new people know the legends, the heroes and other aspects of your story? You (might) know why they joined – but how will you connect with them on a consistent basis? How will you identify new advocates?
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This is a guest article written by Thomas O’Rourke. Gaining followers on Twitter can be a long and laborious process, so here are some tips and tricks I’ve found that can help you make friends quickly: 1. List yourself in Twitter directories. Directories are an easy source of followers and many offer the capability to list yourself based on your interests. It’s also a good way to find users with the similar interests as you. ve found that the best ones out there are Just Tweet It and Tweet Find. Use Follower Wonk. This is a hidden gem amongst the abundance of Twitter tools out there.
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This has been done many times before and I've resisted it for years now. The fact is, auto-follow is a core service to my company, SocialToo , so choosing, as a user, to move away from such is a big deal. We invented auto-follow. It's a great idea because it focuses on relationships. The fact is, and it's taken me a long time to come to grips with this: Unfortunately, Twitter doesn't want you to auto-follow. For that reason I'm using Twitter the way Ev and Biz want me to, and I'm starting over. Let me explain. The New Twitter. can go there and look at lists. can get regular updates from them.
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I was reading an article on MSNBC recently about Groupon and the tag line to the piece was the following: “When everything’s social, nothing is.. Which gave me pause to think. What happens when you have so many options to do something or buy something or say something or share something in social? Is there a tipping point looming here where eventually everyone tires of being so social? actually think so. It’s not going to happen yet, but as I was made aware in a comment on a post I wrote about social media bubbles - there is a bubble, it’s just different.
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